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XVILLIAM I. MYER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

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QPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 347,302, dated August10, 1886.

Application filed February 12, 1886. Serial No. 191,686. (No model.)

To all; whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, XVILLIAM 1?. MYER, a resident of Indianapolis,Marion county, Indiana, have made certain new and useful Improvements inElevator-I-luckets, a description of which is set forth in the followingspecification, reference being made to the ac; companying drawings, inthe several figures of which like letters reprcscntlike parts.

My invention relates to a new method of construction of what are calledelevatorbucket-s from a single sheet or blank of nietal; and it isdesigned to prevent the packing of the meal or hour it carries in theangles or corners thereof, and will be understood from the followingdescription.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an end View of the cup as made up for use.Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig. 3 is a front view of the blankfrom which the cup is formed. Fig. 4 is a rear view of the blank whenfolded up before the band has been put on.

In detail, B is a piece of tin formed in the shape shown in Fig. 3,notches being cut out at the back and larger notches at the sides, withslits S, to allow the folding up of the flaps, and the corners of thisblank constitute the flaps when the cup is formed, the rear flaps beinglettered f, and the front flaps f", the portion of the blank between therear flaps (represented byf) being turned down on the dotted line overthe rear band, I), an end view of this being shown in Fig. 1. The frontband, I), is similar to the rear band, I), both being constructedconveniently of sheet- 1ron.

To make the cup, the blank is folded up, as, shown in Fig. 4, the rearflaps, f, being folded inside the front flaps, f and the hemf is turneddown at the back, to allow the rear band to he slipped under this hem.The front edge of the blank is also folded, as indicated in Fig. 1; butthis fold or hem does not go over the front band, but is made simply tostiffen the front edge and to prevent the flour or meal from gettingbetween the edge of the blank and the front of the band I). \Vhen thecup has been folded up. as shown in Fig. 4. it is stamped in a suitablemachine, to round the corners, the bands are put on, their ends lappingeach other, as shown in Fig. 1, and

are then riveted through both bands and the sides of the ends of thebucket, binding all the parts together, the ends of the flaps on eachside being turned down over the front ends of the front bands, andrivets are also put through the bands and the front of the bucket, asshown in Fig. 2, these rivets passing through the flap or hem of thefront, as well as the band. Openings 0 are formed in the back of thebucket, near the upper edge, passing through the rear bands, andproviding means of attachment to the carrier-belt. The width of thebucket decreases from the top toward the bottom, as shown in Fig. 1,forming an elliptical curve from the front nearly to the back,preventing the packing of the flour, and securing its ready dischargefrom the bucket when it is reversed. It will be observed, also, byreference to Figs. 1 and 2, that the corners of the bucket are round inevery direction, and this avoids all angles in the cup, which areobjectionable, inasmuch as they cause the flour to stick in the angles,and prevent its ready discharge.

I am aware that elevator-buckets have been formed of metal blanks andprovided with bands around the upper edges, and do not broadly claim thesame as my invention, which consists in forming the cup from a singleblank, bending up the blank, and uniting the sides and ends of the blankto form the cup, in the manner herein set forth and described.

\Vhat I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isthe following:

1. The blank 13, having notches in the back and central notches in thesides, and also the slits 8, extending inward from the apex of suchnotches, the corners of the front side trimmed off, all substantially asdescribed.

2. An elevator-bucket formed of a single piece of sheet metal, its frontedges having the corners trimmed oft, having central notches in thesides, and the slits 8, extending inward from the apex of such notches,the rear part notched near the ends, the corners of the blank f andfforming the sides when folded up so as to bring one flap within theother on each end, the cup stayed or united by metal bands and rivets,substantially as described.

3. The elevator-bucket formed of the blank B, its front corners trimmedoff, its sides and rear notched, so that the four corners form flnpsfand the blank folded so that the flapsf are inside the flnpsf, the backturned over to form the henlf, the parts united by one or more metalbands, I) and I), and rivets passing through the bands and the ends ofthe cup, and openings on the back for uniting the same to thecarrier-belt, substantially as described. IO

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day ofFebruary. 1856.

WILLIAM l. MYER. \Vitnesses:

C. .P. JACOBS, HATTIE MURRY.

